It had been eight months since Carson Wentz last took to an NFL field. Expectations had never been higher. The $129M man was surrounded by a star-studded offense and was fully healthy after a tumultuous pair of campaigns. In 2018, the Carson Wentz we saw was very different to the ‘should have been’ MVP one year prior. Were we going to see the old Carson Wentz?
The Eagles and a sold-out Lincoln Financial field got something better. It inevitably took a while for the rust to be shaken off, but the world bore witness to a new Carson Wentz.